Display holder for bar candy or the like



April 1; 1930. a. H. CARDINET I DISPLAY HOLDER FOR BAR CANDY OR THE LIKE Filed Feb. 27, 1928 Fla. 2.

Patented Apr. 1, 1930 UNITED STATES GEORGE H. OARDINET, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA DISPLAY HOLDER FOR BAR CANDY OR THE LIKE Application filed February 27, 1928.

My invention relates to an article which is adaptable equally to holding and displaying a bar of candy of the usual five or ten cent variety as a means of advertising, as well as to the interchangeable use as a place card or favor holder for parties given small children.

Heretofore, it is believed, no satisfactory means has been provided for placing the smaller bars of candy before the purchasing public in an attractive way, and I am not aware that a combination display holder and favor container, such as is embodied in the present invention has been available. Due to the smallness of the candy bars of the type referred to, it has been extremely difficult to produce an article of the nature of my device which will hold the candy in place and yet be an attraction to the eye of such children as customarily frequent candy stores.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the dis play holder in assembled form, showing the relative position of acandy bar when contained in the device.

Figure 2 is a diagrammatical view of the container in dissembled state in a preferred form of construction.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The numeral 1 indicates the container or display holder itself, with the candy bar 2 in place. The holder is shown in a triangular shape, resting on its base, which is made in sufficient breadth to accommodate the size candy bar desired to be placed on display. It will be noted that in Figures 1 and 2 I have elected to illustrate my invention in a form apropos the Easter holidays, but' it will, of course, be understood that as many designs and variations in shape may be employed 40 under the principle, as there are outstanding seasons of the year, such as Christmas, etc. At 5 provision is made for a space for the inscribing of the recipients name, when the article is to be used as a place card or favor holder.

The card-board blank of which the holder is formed and as shown in Fig. 2, is of a generally rectangular shape. At an inter1nediate part of the blank, its opposite edges are cut away to separate it into two parts, con- Serial No. 257,439.

nected by the narrow strip 14 at the central part of the blank. The blank is folded transversely at the narrow strip and the twoseparated parts form the opposite sides of the triangular holder with the fold across the narrow strip forming the apex of the holder. The sides of the holder have approximately the same area and contour and their upper edges are curved outwardly and downwardly to impart a rounded or oval effect to the upper part of the holder. The ends of the blank are folded inwardly along the dotted lines 6 and 7, respectively, to form the flaps 3 and l, which are overlapped with the flap 3 lowermost to form the base of the holder. The upper flap 4, extending from one of the sides of the holder and abutting the other side, holds the two sides-spaced apart. The lower parts of the sides of the holder are held together by the tab 8 on the flap 3 thrust through the slit 9 at the inner edge of the flap at.

I claim:

A display holder of triangular cross-area for bar candy and the like, comprising a blank of flexible board cut away at opposite inter mediate parts to provide a narrow connection at the middle part of the blank, the blank being folded transverse of its middle across the narrow connection to provide the converging sides of the holder with the narrow connection at the apex of the holder, said sides having the same contour with their upper edges curved outwardly and downwardly from the narrow connection at the apex of the holder to impart a rounded effect tothe upper part of the holder, the end partsof the blank being bent transversely to provide narrow flaps that project inwardly and overlap to form a narrow base to the holder, and means for securing the flaps together.

GEORGE H. CARDINET. 

